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My doctor once put me on effexor and I became dizzy, he then took me off cold turkey, had only been on it for 3 weeks, It was awful. He could not believe the withdrawals I had from it. Effexor is a good drug for depression but they should be required to post on their website the horrible withdrawals of coming off effexor, no one, I repeat no one should come off cold turkey. And I say again, if you or your doctor think that drug has not already gotten in your system you are mistaken. I wish you well, good luck and good health.

May i ask what were your symptoms and how long did the withdrawal last? And how many milligrams we're you taking? I just found out today how evil this crap isand its been two and a half days and no symptoms yet. Im afraid to taper down because i heard the hellish stories of how bad even tapering becomes. My logic is its better to jus stop completely now. Congrats on getting off hope to get your opinion

I was on 225 mgs. per day. He took me off cold turkey saying that I had not been on it long enough to be "hooked" He was so wrong. I was dizzy, I was having horrible brain zaps like electricity running through your brain and out your eyes. It is something I never want to experience ever again